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Mention that kernel environment variables may be configured in

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/boot/loader.conf.  Make the description flow a bit better.

Complaints by:	Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
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Wes Peters 2004-02-18 05:20:31 +00:00
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@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ and tuning options which are managed via the kernel environment
space, and set in the
.Xr loader 8
before booting the kernel.
Kernel environment variables may also be configured in the
.Xr loader
configuration file
.Pa /boot/loader.conf
or the device resource hints file
.Pa /boot/device.hints .
.Pp
Debugging is separated between layers and levels, where a layer is
a portion of the ACPI subsystem, and a level is a particular kind
@ -211,8 +217,8 @@ To disable the
.Nm
driver completely, set the kernel environment variable
.Va hint.acpi.0.disabled
to 1 in the device resource hints file
.Pa /boot/device.hints .
to 1.
.Pp
Some i386 machines totally fail to operate with some or all of ACPI disabled.
Other i386 machines fail with ACPI enabled.
Non-i386 platforms do not support operating systems which do not use ACPI.